Synonyms for matter
Another word for matter is thing, affair or issue. Below are 7 synonyms and 30 related words across 7 senses.
Also searched as: mattered, mattering, matters.
1. noun: a vaguely specified concern
- thing
- affair synonyms
2. noun: some situation or event that is thought about
- issue synonyms
- subject synonyms
- topic synonyms
3. noun: that which has mass and occupies space
4. noun: a problem
5. noun: (used with negation) having consequence
6. noun: written works (especially in books or magazines)
7. verb: have weight; have import, carry weight
- count synonyms
- weigh synonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- least
- concern synonyms
- area synonyms
- content synonyms
- blind spot
- mental object
- cognitive content
- remit synonyms
- res judicata
- res adjudicata
- system synonyms
- dark matter
- point mass
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- grey body
- gray body
- deposit synonyms
- substance synonyms
- fluid synonyms
- physical entity
- vegetable matter
- residue synonyms
- sediment
- goo synonyms
- slime synonyms
- problem
- trouble synonyms
- moment synonyms
- import synonyms
- consequence synonyms
Matter in word games
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- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
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- Unscramble MATTER
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Questions people ask
What is another word for matter?
You can say thing, affair, issue, subject or topic instead of matter. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a vaguely specified concern".
What is the opposite of matter?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for matter; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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